HB36--TITLESFORINOPERABLEVEHICLES
SPONSOR: Billington
COMMITTEEACTION:Voted"DoPass"bytheStandingCommitteeon
CrimePreventionandPublicSafetybyavoteof18to0.
Thisbillchangesfrom10to20yearstheageatwhichan
inoperablecarmustbebeforeascrapmetaloperatorcanpurchase
thevehiclewithouttheoriginalcertificateofownership,salvage
certificateoftitle,orjunkingtitle.
PROPONENTS: Supporterssaythatvehiclethefthasgonewayup
sincealawpassedchangingtherequirementsforinoperablecars
andwhatneedstobeprovidedforthesaleofsuchcarsortheir
parts.Carsarebeingstolenandtakentojunkyardsandtheycan
filloutbillsofsale,peoplearelosinglotsofmoneybecause
theirinsurancewillnotcoverit.Evenifpeoplewhobreakthe
lawwillalwaysbreakthelaw,weneedaccountability.
TestifyinginpersonforthebillwasRepresentative Billington.
OPPONENTS: Thosewhoopposethebillsaythatthepassedlawhas
nothingtodowiththeincreaseofcartheft.Thelawwaspassed
sothatyouwouldnothavetogetatitleforajunkcarthatis
notyours.HighwayPatrol,bankers,andcreditunionsgotinvolved
andcreatedthelegislationtoallowjunkcarstobegottenridof.
Thecarhastohavealiencheckrunagainstitbeforeitcanbe
sold.Thebillthatpassedafewyearsagowasthe“cleanupMid
Missouri"bill.Alotoftimesitisdifficultwhenownerswhoare
inpossessionofthecarshaveproblemsgettingtitlesanditis
burdensome.
TestifyinginpersonagainstthebillwereMid-AmericaChapterfor
theInstituteofScrapRecyclingIndustry;AdvantageMetals&
Recycling;andLKQCorporation.
Writtentestimonyhasbeensubmittedforthisbill.Thefull
writtentestimonyandwitnessestestifyingonlinecanbefound
underTestimonyonthebillpageontheHousewebsite.